Across
the country, wild boars are moving in as Japan’s rapidly aging population
either moves out or dies out. The boars come for the untended rice paddies and
stay for the abandoned shelters.

“Thirty
years ago, crows were the biggest problem around here,” said Hideo Numata, a farmer
in Hiraizumi, human population 7,803, precise boar population unknown, as he
sat in a hut with a wood stove and two farmer friends.

“But
now we have these animals and not enough people to scare them away.” – Hideo Numata

At 67, Numata is a relative youngster around here. His friends,
Etsuro Sugawa and Shoichi Chiba, are 69 and 70 respectively. One of their
farmer neighbors is 83.

Southern
parts of Japan have had a wild boar problem for some years. The papers are full
of reports of boars in train stations and parking garages, around school
dormitories and even in the sea, swimming out to islands.

Just this month, a 70-something woman was attacked on Shikoku
Island by a 176-pound boar when she opened her front door. A boar charged into
a shopping mall on the island last October, biting five employees and rampaging
through the aisles before being captured. In Kyoto, at least 10 wild boars were spotted in urban areas last year.
Two charged into a high school in December, causing panic and the students to
be evacuated.

But the animals are now wreaking havoc in northern areas long
considered too cold and snowy for them. In Iwate Prefecture, only two wild
boars were caught in 2011, when local authorities started keeping statistics.
In the last fiscal year, that number had skyrocketed to 94.

The
influx is the result of two factors, experts say: declining human populations
and climate change.

This
northern region has been hit particularly hard by depopulation. People were
forced out when the gigantic 2011 earthquake caused a triple meltdown at the
Fukushima nuclear plant, and after the resulting tsunami wiped out coastal
towns. Much of the area remains inhospitable for humans, but perfect for boars.

Hundreds of wild boars are roaming the radiation-hit areas of Japan

Following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, wild boars descended from the surrounding forests to inhabit the cities. With the evacuation orders on several towns about to be lifted, animal control hunter groups are working to remove the boars from the area.
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Following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, wild boars descended from the surrounding forests to inhabit the cities. With the evacuation orders on several towns about to be lifted, animal control hunter groups are working to remove the boars from the area.
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Radioactive Wild Boars Are Taking Over Towns

Radioactive Wild Boars Are Taking Over Towns

In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, boars populations have skyrocketed. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jordan Chariton, the hosts of The Young Turks, give you updates on the Fukushima disaster. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. https://www.tytnetwork.com/go
“Six years after an earthquake and tsunami led to three nuclear reactors melting down, Japan is still generating and struggling with staggering amounts of radioactive waste.
In November, the Japanese government said cleanup and compensation costs for the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster would be an unprecedented 20 trillion yen ($180 billion) — double the previous estimate. Nuclear safety may not come cheap for an industry that is increasingly noncompetitive nationally and globally, but lack of safety is very costly indeed.
Soaring costs and accumulating waste aren’t Fukushima’s only problems. While the government wants to start lifting evacuation orders on some towns within the 12-mile exclusion zone, potential returnees have to deal with hundreds of radioactive wild boars roaming the streets. Reuters reports that some boars have “levels of radioactive material 130 times above Japan’s safety standards.”
“After people left, their ecosystem changed,” explained one local hunter hired to deal with the boars. “They began coming down from the mountains and now they aren’t going back. They found plenty of food, and no one will come after them. This is their new home now.” More than 13,000 boars have been hunted so far.”
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Radioactive Wild Boars Are Taking Over Towns

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In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, boars populations have skyrocketed. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jordan Chariton, the hosts of The Young Turks, give you updates on the Fukushima disaster. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. https://www.tytnetwork.com/go
“Six years after an earthquake and tsunami led to three nuclear reactors melting down, Japan is still generating and struggling with staggering amounts of radioactive waste.
In November, the Japanese government said cleanup and compensation costs for the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster would be an unprecedented 20 trillion yen ($180 billion) — double the previous estimate. Nuclear safety may not come cheap for an industry that is increasingly noncompetitive nationally and globally, but lack of safety is very costly indeed.
Soaring costs and accumulating waste aren’t Fukushima’s only problems. While the government wants to start lifting evacuation orders on some towns within the 12-mile exclusion zone, potential returnees have to deal with hundreds of radioactive wild boars roaming the streets. Reuters reports that some boars have “levels of radioactive material 130 times above Japan’s safety standards.”
“After people left, their ecosystem changed,” explained one local hunter hired to deal with the boars. “They began coming down from the mountains and now they aren’t going back. They found plenty of food, and no one will come after them. This is their new home now.” More than 13,000 boars have been hunted so far.”
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Dozens of possibly radioactive wild boar were killed by local authorities in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Thursday, six years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011. The local authorities called for increased government support as the issue keeps on growing, with more than 325 radioactive wild boar killed during the last year alone.
SOT, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Team Leader of Tomioka Town\'s animal control hunters group (Japanese): \"The present situation is, as we can say, \'unmanageable.\' For all the infrastructural maintenance to revive the city we need to use machines and various other tools, and only then can it be revived. However we cannot calculate it on a desk. As you know, what we are facing now is the lives in the nature, and the wild boars have four feet.\"
SOT, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Team Leader of Tomioka Town\'s animal control hunters group (Japanese): \"We think so hard but their adaptability becomes gradually higher, they are not getting trapped as we can see it from our experiences. So now, the number of the wild boars seems unmanageable by just only a local group like us.\"
SOT, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Team Leader of Tomioka Town\'s animal control hunters group (Japanese): \"Therefore the government should put up a big organisation otherwise it will be much more hard to manage, it will be too late to handle. We want the government to give a solution for us immediately.\"
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Dozens of possibly radioactive wild boar were killed by local authorities in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Thursday, six years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011. The local authorities called for increased government support as the issue keeps on growing, with more than 325 radioactive wild boar killed during the last year alone.
SOT, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Team Leader of Tomioka Town\'s animal control hunters group (Japanese): \"The present situation is, as we can say, \'unmanageable.\' For all the infrastructural maintenance to revive the city we need to use machines and various other tools, and only then can it be revived. However we cannot calculate it on a desk. As you know, what we are facing now is the lives in the nature, and the wild boars have four feet.\"
SOT, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Team Leader of Tomioka Town\'s animal control hunters group (Japanese): \"We think so hard but their adaptability becomes gradually higher, they are not getting trapped as we can see it from our experiences. So now, the number of the wild boars seems unmanageable by just only a local group like us.\"
SOT, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Team Leader of Tomioka Town\'s animal control hunters group (Japanese): \"Therefore the government should put up a big organisation otherwise it will be much more hard to manage, it will be too late to handle. We want the government to give a solution for us immediately.\"
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Fukushima's Radioactive Wild Boars Wreak Havoc in Japan

Fukushima's Radioactive Wild Boars Wreak Havoc in Japan

Radioactive wild boars are devastating agriculture and threatening public safety around the Fukushima nuclear disaster site in northern Japan. The boar population has been increasing rapidly since the 2011 accident, and they are now being killed faster than they can be buried in mass graves or incinerated. We look at the Fukushima fallout on the Lip News with Nik Zecevic and Jason Venzor.
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Fukushima's Radioactive Wild Boars Wreak Havoc in Japan

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Radioactive wild boars are devastating agriculture and threatening public safety around the Fukushima nuclear disaster site in northern Japan. The boar population has been increasing rapidly since the 2011 accident, and they are now being killed faster than they can be buried in mass graves or incinerated. We look at the Fukushima fallout on the Lip News with Nik Zecevic and Jason Venzor.
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Hundreds of Radioactive Wild Boars Are Roaming Free in Japan

Hundreds of Radioactive Wild Boars Are Roaming Free in Japan

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WILD BOARS ARE TAKING OVER JAPAN!!! Wake Up Wyoming: March 11, 2018

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Wild Boar Rampage Inside Restaurant

Wild Boar Rampage Inside Restaurant

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Following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, wild boars descended from the surrounding forests to inhabit the cities. With the evacuation orders on several towns about to be lifted, animal control hunter groups are working to remove the boars from the area.
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In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, boars populations have skyrocketed. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jordan Chariton, the hosts of The Young Turks, give you updates on the Fukushima disaster. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. https://www.tytnetwork.com/go
“Six years aft

Dozens of possibly radioactive wild boar were killed by local authorities in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Thursday, six years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011. The local authorities called for increased government support as the issue keeps on growing, with more than 3

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Several times we saw wild boars in the mountains or at the very edge of the city. But this time they were almost in the middle of the city - Okamoto 岡本（神戸市）. Apparently they were following one of the many small mountain rivers.
It is forbidden to feed them as they could be very dangerous but the stu

Wildlife does $170,000,000 in agricultural damage annually in Japan and these wild boars, known as \"Inoshishi\" in Japanese, have also been known to attack people. The pigs are nocturnal and will usually only show themselves when being chased by dogs.
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The Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 turned the surrounding towns into a desolate land, making the area into a \"radioactive forest\". Without human presence, the land is roamed by wildlife like civets, macaques and wild boars. A project is underway to study the deserted areas by attaching a camera

Horrifying moment out-of-control rampaging wild boar attacks Chinese villagers as their family members desperately try to drive away the beast. CCTV footage captured the moment Chinese villagers fighting off a wild boar. An old man was brutally attacked and his daughter-in-law was seriously injured.